Several years and many thousands of jihad fighters from at least 70 countries joining the Syrian blood-bath has finally raised the alarm that Syria has replaced Afghanistan as the new training ground for al Qaeda and its like. Western law … [Read more...] about Jihadis Returning/Redeploying from Syria
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Putin, Bluffer-in-Chief
The current extremely successful campaign of aggression by Russia’s dictator-candidate Vladimir Putin illustrates two of the fundamentals of geopolitical history: * A demagogue’s capability of achieving remarkable results through bluff. * How … [Read more...] about Putin, Bluffer-in-Chief
Weekly Briefing – May 3 – 10, 2014
U.S. National Security's Achilles Heel - The Electromagnetic Spectrum - - Rachel Ehrenfeld - On December 23, 2013, the Defense Threat Reduction Agency issued a solicitation “to … conduct satellite system performance modeling, satellite system … [Read more...] about Weekly Briefing – May 3 – 10, 2014
U.S. National Security’s Achilles Heel – The Electromagnetic Spectrum
Over the past four years bills on cybersecurity, Electromagnetic Pulse threats, and other forms of "purposeful interference" with U.S. cyberspace have been introduced only to go nowhere. By now it has been well established that EMP, whether in the … [Read more...] about U.S. National Security’s Achilles Heel – The Electromagnetic Spectrum
Washington’s Cyber Worries
Washington's political gridlock is behind Congress' three failed attempts to pass legislation to increase the nation's cybersecurity. The executive branch's frequent lip service either disguises a lack of understanding that an attack on U.S. … [Read more...] about Washington’s Cyber Worries
Al Qaeda and the U.S. Intelligence*
Left: The Late Abu Khaled al-Suri On April 30, 2014, the State Department issued its latest Country Reports on Terrorism. Dealing with 2013, it confirms what we have known for some time: that the numbers of terrorists and acts of terrorism are … [Read more...] about Al Qaeda and the U.S. Intelligence*
Weekly Briefing – April 26 – May 2, 2014
Left: Putin Revives May Day Demonstration, Red Square Leadership as a Last Resort - Richard Perle and Jonathan Perle - The United States has been punching well below its weight for five years, and that’s got to stop. It is hardly surprising that in … [Read more...] about Weekly Briefing – April 26 – May 2, 2014
Leadership as a Last Resort*
The United States has been punching well below its weight for five years, and that’s got to stop. It is hardly surprising that in its second term the Obama Administration lacks a coherent international strategy. There was none in the first term … [Read more...] about Leadership as a Last Resort*
American Internationalists and the Real World
Americans’ contemporary thinking about the international political mess has the tendency to group the elites in the West as right or left, and ignore the distinction within political and religious blocs. And despite the evidence, many in the West, … [Read more...] about American Internationalists and the Real World
American LNG to the Rescue! Not Exactly.*
When Secretary of State John Kerry tried to lead an LNG posse to rescue the Europeans, blackmailed in the Ukraine affair by their heavy dependence on Russian natural gas, his bluff was soon called. True, the U.S. has a growing natural gas surplus. … [Read more...] about American LNG to the Rescue! Not Exactly.*